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Courses, Curricula and Administration Division Call for Papers

Deadline: December 1, 2004

The Courses Curricula and Administration Division of the Broadcast  Education Association invites scholarly papers from academics,  students and  professionals  for  presentation  at  its annual convention, in Las  Vegas, Nevada.

The BEA2005 convention theme is "Fifty Years of Excellence for Electronic  Media Academics, Industry and Future Professionals" and is intended  as a focus for the convention, but does not imply that competitive papers  must reflect that theme. Papers must, however, address the goals and objectives of the  interest division to which they are submitted. Our division encourages research  and writing about teaching, course development, course evaluation, experimental courses, pedagogical issues, and curriculum and program development and administration.  The winning papers in 2004, for example, were on the topics of creating a  hybrid online and face to face course, developing online courses, and on  the differences between broadcast programs offered at universities in seven  different countries.

Our division selects up to four papers for presentation. In addition,  a few papers may be selected by divisions for consideration in  a Scholar-to-Scholar  (poster) session.

Papers are submitted directly to the paper chair as either "Debut" or "Open" papers.  The Debut category is open only to those who have never previously  presented a paper at a BEA Convention. First and second place winners  in both Open  and Debut categories receive $200 and $100, respectively, to help  defray their  costs of attending the convention.
Papers must be received by the appropriate division by December 1, 2004.

Submission Requirements:
* Length: not to exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including references  and tables
* Style: use of APA style or a style suited to the discipline
* Abstract: abstract of less than 250 words to be included with submission
* Exclusivity: papers may not be submitted to more than one division during the same year
* Authorship: author's name, institution address, phone number and e-mail to appear on the cover page only (list all contact information for each  author of multiple authored papers)
Cover page must include:
* the title of the paper and the division to which the paper is submitted
* any A/V requirements
* whether submission is an "open" or "debut" entry (any  papers without such designation will be considered in the open category)
* Title: to be printed on the first page of the paper and on running heads on all subsequent pages
* Author Contact Information, including all contact information for each author of multiple authored papers
Copies: three (3) copies of paper must be submitted.

Convention Attendance:
At least one (1) author of an accepted competitive paper MUST attend  the convention to present the paper. Participants MUST be members  of BEA and  registered for the convention. Three copies (3) of paper submissions should be sent to the appropriate division. Papers MUST be received by the appropriate  division  by December 1,  2004. Winners will be notified by February 4, 2005. Send papers directly  to the following individual:

COURSES, CURRICULA AND ADMINISTRATION DIVISION

Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair
Chris Pruszynski
Department of Communication
Suny Geneseo
1 College Circle
Geneseo, NY 14454
Office: 585-245-5229
Fax: 585-245-5240
Email: pruszyns@geneseo.edu